John Boyne is touring New Zealand this week, including attending the Christchurch Writer’s Festival. I had the pleasure of interviewing him this morning, and I’ll be posting this soon. As well as signing my copies of Noah Barleywater Runs Away and The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket, John kindly signed two extra copies of Barnaby Brocket.
If you would like to win one of 2 signed copies of The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket all you have to do is enter your details in the form below. Competition closes Friday 7 September (NZ only).
Thanks to everyone who entered. This competition is now closed.
To celebrate the release of Scholastic’s new interactive series, The Infinity Ring, I’m giving away 2 copies of the first book, A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner. It’s a very cool new time travel adventure series, perfect for fans of The 39 Clues. To learn more about the series you can read my post here on the blog.
Thanks to everyone who entered. This competition is now closed.
Scholastic NZ are also running a really cool competition on their website to celebrate the release of the series. All you have to do is register and play the Infinity Ring game on http://www.scholastic.co.nz/assets/pdf/tileE.pdf and you go in the draw to win iPods and iPads.
A Mutiny in Time, the first book in Scholastic’s new interactive series, The Infinity Ring is released today. Like the hugely popular 39 Clues series, the story doesn’t stop when you close the book. It’s one of those books that comes with extra bits and pieces so that you can find out more about the story and the characters. The Infinity Ring series is all about time travel so you follow the characters through different time periods. Each book comes with a Hystorian’s Guide, a collectible map that includes a special code to unlock exclusive content on the Infinity Ring online game. The multi-dimensional game on http://www.infinityring.com allows readers to play as the main characters from the books, as they travel back in history to fix the “Great Breaks,” key events that have gone wrong, altering history as we know it. Players can interact with characters and explore key events in history alongside Christopher Columbus, Abraham Lincoln, and other figures featured in the books.
Book 1 is called A Mutiny in Time and it’s written by one of my favourite authors, James Dashner (author of The Maze Runner series).
History is broken, and three kids must travel back in time to set it right!
When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time travel — a hand-held device known as the Infinity Ring — they’re swept up in a centuries-long secret war for the fate of mankind. Recruited by the Hystorians, a secret society that dates back to Aristotle, the kids learn that history has gone disastrously off course.
Now it’s up to Dak, Sera, and teenage Hystorian-in-training Riq to travel back in time to fix the Great Breaks . . . and to save Dak’s missing parents while they’re at it. First stop: Spain, 1492, where a sailor named Christopher Columbus is about to be thrown overboard in a deadly mutiny!
Reserve your copy of The Infinity Ring: A Mutiny in Time at your library now or grab a copy from your bookshop.
Scholastic NZ are also running a really cool competition to celebrate the release of the series. All you have to do is register and play the Infinity Ring game on http://www.scholastic.co.nz/assets/pdf/tileE.pdf and you go in the draw to win iPods and iPads.
The Infinity Ring is a new interactive series like The 39 Clues. It’s one of those books that comes with extra bits and pieces so that you can find out more about the story and the characters. The Infinity Ring series is all about time travel so you follow the characters through different time periods. Each book comes with a Hystorian’s Guide, which is your key to unlocking the next adventure in the online game.
Book 1 is called A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner and it’s out at the end of the month.
History is broken, and three kids must travel back in time to set it right!
When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time travel — a hand-held device known as the Infinity Ring — they’re swept up in a centuries-long secret war for the fate of mankind. Recruited by the Hystorians, a secret society that dates back to Aristotle, the kids learn that history has gone disastrously off course.
Now it’s up to Dak, Sera, and teenage Hystorian-in-training Riq to travel back in time to fix the Great Breaks . . . and to save Dak’s missing parents while they’re at it. First stop: Spain, 1492, where a sailor named Christopher Columbus is about to be thrown overboard in a deadly mutiny!
Reserve your copy of The Infinity Ring: A Mutiny in Time at your library now or grab a copy from your bookshop from 28 August. I’ll also have 2 copies to give away when the book is released.
Scholastic NZ are running a really cool competition to celebrate the release of the series. All you have to do is register and play the Infinity Ring game on www.infinityring.com and you go in the draw to win iPods and iPads.
Skulduggery Pleasant creator, Derek Landy, was in NZ last week and you might have been one of the lucky people to meet him and get your books signed. For those Skulduggery Pleasant fans who didn’t get the chance to meet Derek I have a very cool prize for you.
I have 2 copies of the latest Skulduggery Pleasant book, Kingdom of the Wicked, signed by Derek Landy to give away. All you have to do to get in the draw is enter your name and email address in the form below.
Blue Gnu is a delightful, tongue-twister of a book about friendship and being different, written by one of our best children’s writers, Kyle Mewburn and illustrated by new talent Daron Parton. If you’re not already hooked on Kyle Mewburn’s books, you will be once you read Blue Gnu.
Thanks to Scholastic NZ I have 2 copies of Blue Gnu to give away. All you have to do to get in the draw is enter your name and email address in the form below. Competition closes Wednesday 15 August (NZ only)
This competition is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered. The winners are Christine and Gabrielle.
The Magical Life of Mr. Renny and My Happy Life are the latest releases from the wonderful Gecko Press. I LOVE The Wonderful Life of Mr. Renny and reviewed it here on the blog in my Picture Book Nook feature. It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of their ‘curiously good books from around the world.’
Thanks to Gecko Press I have a special pack of 4 of their latest releases to give away. The pack contains:
The Magical Life of Mr Renny by Leo Timmers
My Happy Life by Rose Lagercrantz
The Best Singer in the World by Ulf Nilsson
The Birthday Cake Mystery by Thè Tjong Khing
This competition is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered. The winner is Jenny.
To celebrate the release of the latest book in Cristy Burne’s Takeshita Demons series, Monster Matsuri, I’m hosting an awesome competition! Thanks to Walker Books Australia, kids from from Australia and New Zealand can enter the Takeshita Demons Monster Prize Competition to win 1 of 10 $50 prize packs.
WINNERS!
Thanks to everyone who entered. Your monsters were fantastic! Here are the winners of a $50 book pack from Walker Books Australia:
Fire in the Sea by Myke Bartlett was the winner of the 2011 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing. I loved it and gave 4 out of 5 stars (you can read my review here). I also interviewed Myke here on the blog today too, which you can check out here.
Thanks to Text Publishing I have 2 copies of Fire in the Sea to give away. All you have to do to get in the draw is enter your name and email address below. Competition closes Monday 6 August (NZ only).
If you’re a fan of Shaun Tan’s The Arrival you’ll want to enter this competition.
The Arrival has become one of the most critically acclaimed books of recent years, a wordless masterpiece that describes a world beyond any familiar time or place. How did it come to be created, and what inspired its unique and captivating story?
In Sketches from a Nameless Land, author Shaun Tan explains the origins of his ideas, using examples from early research and concept sketches through to finished artwork. In tracing this evolution, he sheds light on the silent language of images, the spirit of the migrant experience and the artist’s creative journey.
All you have to do to get in the draw is enter your name and email address in the form below. Competition closes Monday 6 August (NZ only).
Thanks to those who entered. This competition is now closed.
John Boyne is touring New Zealand this week, including attending the Christchurch Writer’s Festival. I had the pleasure of interviewing him this morning, and I’ll be posting this soon. As well as signing my copies of Noah Barleywater Runs Away and The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket, John kindly signed two extra copies of Barnaby Brocket.
To celebrate the release of Scholastic’s new interactive series, The Infinity Ring, I’m giving away 2 copies of the first book, A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner. It’s a very cool new time travel adventure series, perfect for fans of The 39 Clues. To learn more about the series you can read my post here on the blog.
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